I do love a fruit cake. Any type will do. It is not a cake I make very often because a sponge cake is so quick and easy to bake, and there are more variations you can make. However, when I saw that the theme for GBBO this week was Victorian and the baking categories … [Read more…]
With the weather being a little more autumnal recently, I have started using my slow cooker again. I love my slow cooker – such an easy way to make a great tasting meal for my family, which makes the meat so tender and full of flavour.
There has been an awful lot of bad press about sugar recently, and now according to the government guidelines, adults should not consume more than 7 tsp of sugar a day. That really is not a lot across one day, because so many foods and drinks contain hidden sugars. By giving our children a well … [Read more…]
I know. Mince pies. In September! What is going on?? It is how I feel when as soon as the kids go back to school, the supermarkets and shops are full of Christmas merchandise! However, I do have good reason for my festive baking – the GBBO of course!
So Week 5 was all about bakes using alternative ingredients and 25 of us had a go at creating something free from…whether it be gluten, sugar, dairy, or in some cases a mixture. Some of you even went for a vegan bake.